There you can buy US Dollar Coins at face value, on your credit card, with free shipping. You must order $500 worth for the shipping to be free. Even so, it will show $4.95 shipping charges until you get to the very last confirmation page.

Since you can buy these on your credit card, you can get miles for them. You can then spend as cash wherever you want, and even deposit them right into your bank (although some banks really hate this).

Feel free to post about your experiences with this, or if you have any questions about it. There are even ways to get additional cash back, to make the deal even sweeter. Please post about all of these techniques, as well.

Personally, I really enjoy spending at least some of these. Some merchants really like receiving them, and give them to their kids, grandkids, etc. They are great for tolls, vending machines, various tips, etc.

This might be better with links to the FT, SD or FW threads. Then we can skip the debate here.

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I think one of the points of this site is to "skip the debate" everywhere. I don't read SD nor FW, but I can tell you that the FT thread is full of debate, and I wouldn't want to be sent over there. My idea is to have this thread be a place devoid of debate, but full of useful information!

I think one of the points of this site is to "skip the debate" everywhere. I don't read SD nor FW, but I can tell you that the FT thread is full of debate, and I wouldn't want to be sent over there. My idea is to have this thread be a place devoid of debate, but full of useful information!

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Why would that be better? Discuss.

Just kidding. It would be wonderful to have just useful info here, and not have to wade through 800 posts to find some info. So, in the interest of contributing something useful, it appears that one can sneak by the $1000 per 10 day period restriction by using a different CC and email.

I've been doing the coins for about a year now. Great for establishing spend on new CCs. Also great on my favorite hotel-related credit card to earn points that can keep me in free hotel nights for several nights per year!

I think one of the points of this site is to "skip the debate" everywhere. I don't read SD nor FW, but I can tell you that the FT thread is full of debate, and I wouldn't want to be sent over there. My idea is to have this thread be a place devoid of debate, but full of useful information!

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And this is a good reason for a Wiki type first post. Perhaps one that appears at the top of every 'page of posts'

And this is a good reason for a Wiki type first post. Perhaps one that appears at the top of every 'page of posts'

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We're working on integrating Wiki and some other, brand-new technical elements to assist with finding information. I don't anticipate we'll see these within the next week or two, but trust that it is on the development list once we're out of beta.

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Are we really going to have this thread here too?

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We will probably have a lot of threads/info on milepoint that may be available elsewhere on the internet. Our goal is to find a better way to catalog such information to assist a broader group of people. We appreciate your support in helping build great content as we work on ways to organize the data.

I think one of the points of this site is to "skip the debate" everywhere. I don't read SD nor FW, but I can tell you that the FT thread is full of debate, and I wouldn't want to be sent over there. My idea is to have this thread be a place devoid of debate, but full of useful information!

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Hopefully the trouble makers won't get on this thread, as least they won't be recognized.

Well, I guess this thread will be a test of our new, love-all-serve-all format.

The FT thread on this subject is Exhibit A for the very worst of message boards. My recommendation is that the best practices info be posted here and then this thread locked. The program is what it is and hasn't changed much. Daily status updates and vanity posts will only add clutter and static.

Well, I guess this thread will be a test of our new, love-all-serve-all format.

The FT thread on this subject is Exhibit A for the very worst of message boards. My recommendation is that the best practices info be posted and then this thread locked. The program is what it is and hasn't changed much. Daily status updates and vanity posts will only add clutter and static.

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Completely agree, and add to the difficulty of newcomers to figure anything out. The FT and FW mint threads are soo long and convulted its impossible to follow.

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